Building legislation
4.—(1) For the purposes of Part I of the Building Act 1984(1),—
(a)the interest of a Corporate Officer or the Corporate Officers in any land shall be regarded as a Crown interest, within the meaning of section 44 of that Act (application to Crown); and
(b)a Corporate Officer or the Corporate Officers shall be regarded as a Crown authority for the purposes of that section.
(2) For the purposes of section 87 of that Act (application of certain provisions of that Act to Crown property)—
(a)any property consisting of a house, building or other premises comprised in land in which a Corporate Officer or the Corporate Officers has or have an interest shall be treated as property belonging to Her Majesty in right of the Crown;
(b)in the case of any property which belongs to Her Majesty in right of the Crown by virtue only of sub-paragraph (a) above, the “appropriate authority” shall be the Corporate Officer or, as the case may be, the Corporate Officers in whom the property is vested; and
(c)to the extent that a Corporate Officer or the Corporate Officers has or have responsibility for the management of any property in which he or they has or have no interest but which forms part of the Palace of Westminster, the Corporate Officer or the Corporate Officers shall be regarded as having the status of a government department for the purposes of subsection (4)(a) of that section and, accordingly, as being “the appropriate authority” in the case of such property.
(3) For the purposes of section 151 of the London Building Acts (Amendment) Act 1939(2) (Crown exemptions from the London Building Acts)—
(a)any building, structure or work comprised in land in which a Corporate Officer or the Corporate Officers has or have an interest shall be treated as vested in Her Majesty as mentioned in subsection (1)(a) of that section; and
(b)any building, structure or work in the occupation of a Corporate Officer or the Corporate Officers for the purposes of the House of Lords, the House of Commons or both those Houses shall be regarded as in the occupation of Her Majesty as so mentioned.